Bag or parcel tie



June 26, 1923. I 1,460,207

C. F. ,MITCHELL BAG on PARCEL TIE Filed April 18. 1922 Patented June 26, 1923.

UNITED STATES CHARLES F. MITCHELL, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BAG on rAEcEL TIE.

Application filed April 18, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES F. MrrcHELL, citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag or Parcel Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto an improved bag tie and has reference to a device which may be utilized to tie a bag or parcel and which may also serve as an identification means.

The invention is particularly useful when applied to laundry bags, inthat it not only serves to close the mouth of the bag but may be provided with numbers or other marks or characters which will identify the owner of the contents of the bag, so that soiled articles of clothing, linen or sheets may be placed in the bag by the owner then securely tied with the identification tie and collected by the laundry with very little inconvenience to the owner.

After the articles have been laundered they may be returned to the owner in or with the bag andtie so that the operation may be repeated. i

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention, wherein,

Fig. 1. shows the tie plate in perspective.

Fig. 2. illustrates the same in front or face view.

Fig. 3. shows a longitudinal sectional detail through the tie-plate,the section being taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4. illustrates a cross-sectional detail through the plate,-the section being taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5. shows an enlarged sectional detail through one nd of the plate to develop more clearly the action of the spring tongue with respect to the clamping edge around thetongue, and

Fig. 6. illustrates the device as applied to a bag,the view showing the devices in perspective.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10, designates a sheet-metal plate which is preferably concavo-convex in a crosswise direction, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

This plate is provided at opposite side edges with concave notches 11 which are located about midway between the opposite ends 12 and 13 thereof for a purpose that will presently be explained.

From the plate there are punched two tongues 14 and 15 respectively. These tongues.

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tongues have narrow root or attaching-ends l6 and broadened and rounded free ends 17. The broadened portions of these tongues are concave from their upper sides whereby to produce convex under sides 18 and these under convex sides ofthe tongues depend into the openings 19 in the plate, which openings are formed by the punching of the metal from the plate which produces the By reference to Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of the drawing it will be noted that the central part of the depressed tongues has position below the edge of the wall 20 from which the tongues have been punched and a desirable function results from this construction as will presently be explained.

Between the concave portion and the root 7 end 16, each tongue is provided with an outwardly-extending bulge or bend 21 whereby to form a crosswise groove or channel 22 at the under side of the tongue, also for a purppse that will presently be explained.

The plate also has means whereby a stout cord 23, may be attached thereto by one. end, and in this instance the means employed consists of two perforations 24 and 25 so that the cord may have one end inserted through the perforation, say 24, from the outer to the inner side and a knot then formed on the end of the cord at said inner side of the plate, so that the cord cannot be pulled outwardly therethrough. The cord is then passed inwardly through the other perforation 24 and the end then left free for winding about the bag or parcel and tying, as will now be described.

Presuming that the plate is to .be utilized to effect the closing of the neck of a bag 26, 9

as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

The bag-tie, comprising the plate 10 and the attached cord 23, will be placed with its concave side seated against the contracted neck 27 of the bag,-the plate extending longitudinally on the bag-neck with concave notches 11 at the sides and the end edges 12 and 13 forming the upper and lower edges of the plate.

The cord 23 will then be wound around the contracted neck so that the several coils 28 will pass over the concave notches 11 and the two root-ends of the oppositely-projecting tongues 14. These windings or coils will be continued untilonly a short length of the cord-end is left free and this end is then pressed or drawn beneath the convex tongue clamps the cord.

under side 18 of the tongue 15 until it extends in a taut condition in the groove or channel 22 wherein the spring-action of the The end of the cord is then passed over the several coils of cord and then drawn beneath the convex under side of the tongue 14L where it is again drawn taut and held by this latter tongue in the channel or groove 22 beneath this latter tongue as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawing.

The passing of the cord beneath the two tongues 15 and 14: and the pressure of the convex under surfaces of these tongues on the cord against the edges of the openings 19, will bind said cord so tightly as to prevent slipping or releasing of said end accidentally.

The cord may however be loosened readily by hand.

Having described my invention I claim,-

1. A bag or parcel tie comprising a plate having two oppositely-projecting tongues punched therefrom and forming openings thcrein,said tongues each having a convex lower side whose central portion lies in a plane below the outer central surface por tion of the plate while the rim-edge of each tongue has position in a plane above the said outer side of the plate and said plate having means for attaching a cord thereto whereby when the cord is drawn beneath the convex side of the tongue the latter will clamp the cord against the edges of the plate-opening and bind the cord againstslipping.

2. A bag or parcel tie comprising a plate whose under side is concave in a crosswise direction and having two oppositely-projecting tongues punched therefrom and forming openings therein said tongues each having a convex under side which projects down into the opening from which it was punched and also having a rim edge that lies in a plane above the outer surface of the plate,said concave plate also having its opposite edges notched at a point betweenthe root-ends of the two tongues and also having means for attaching a cord-end to said plate.

A bag or parcel tie comprising a plate having two separated openings therein each opening eing formed with a narrow portion and a widened portion the narrow portions of the two openings extending in opposite directions from a crosswise central line across the plate and said plate also having two tongues each formed integrally with the plate and each tongue being provided with a narrow root portion and a broader yielding portion,the broader portion of each tongue being convex on its under side and projecting down into the widened portion of one of the plate-openings while the rim-edge of said broadened tongue-portion has position above the rim edge of the opening beneath it and the narrow root portion of each tongue having a crosswise channel in its under side.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES F. MITCHELL. 

